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In Microsoft Word, you can change the font color to highlight the specific text and give a different look to the document you are making. This article will share how to programmatically change the font color of a specified paragraph or text the in Word using a free Java library.
Import Dependency
Method 1: Download the free library (Free Spire.Doc for Java) and unzip it. Then add the Spire.Doc.jar file to your Java application as dependency.
Method 2: Directly add the jar dependency to maven project by adding the following configurations to the pom.xml.
<repositories>
<repository>
<id>com.e-iceblue</id>
<name>e-iceblue</name>
<url>https://repo.e-iceblue.com/nexus/content/groups/public/</url>
</repository>
</repositories>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>e-iceblue</groupId>
<artifactId>spire.doc.free</artifactId>
<version>5.2.0</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
▶ Change Font Color of the Paragraphs
import com.spire.doc.Document;
import com.spire.doc.FileFormat;
import com.spire.doc.Section;
import com.spire.doc.documents.Paragraph;
import com.spire.doc.documents.ParagraphStyle;
import java.awt.*;
public class ChangeFontColorForParagraph {
public static void main(String []args){
//Create a Document instance
Document document = new Document();
//Load a Word document
document.loadFromFile("test.docx");
//Get the first section
Section section = document.getSections().get(0);
//Change text color of the first Paragraph
Paragraph p1 = section.getParagraphs().get(0);
ParagraphStyle s1 = new ParagraphStyle(document);
s1.setName("Color1");
s1.getCharacterFormat().setTextColor(new Color(244, 132, 48));
document.getStyles().add(s1);
p1.applyStyle(s1.getName());
//Change text color of the third Paragraph
Paragraph p2 = section.getParagraphs().get(2);
ParagraphStyle s2 = new ParagraphStyle(document);
s2.setName("Color2");
s2.getCharacterFormat().setTextColor(new Color(0, 0, 139));;
document.getStyles().add(s2);
p2.applyStyle(s2.getName());
//Save the result document
document.saveToFile("ChangeParagraphTextColor.docx", FileFormat.Docx);
}
}
▶ Change Font Color of a Specific Text
import com.spire.doc.Document;
import com.spire.doc.FileFormat;
import com.spire.doc.documents.TextSelection;
import java.awt.*;
public class ChangeFontColorForText {
public static void main(String []args){
//Create a Document instance
Document document = new Document();
//Load a Word document
document.loadFromFile("test.docx");
//Find the text that you want to change font color for
TextSelection[] text = document.findAllString("marketing", false, true);
//Change the font color for the searched text
for (TextSelection selection : text)
{
selection.getAsOneRange().getCharacterFormat().setTextColor(Color.red);
}
//Save the result document
document.saveToFile("ChangeCertainTextColor.docx", FileFormat.Docx);
}
}
This content originally appeared on DEV Community and was authored by carlwils
carlwils | Sciencx (2022-07-11T03:29:34+00:00) Java–Change Font Color in Word. Retrieved from https://www.scien.cx/2022/07/11/java-change-font-color-in-word/
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